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"word": "gyratory crusher"
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"ref": "1932, Journal of the Association of Chinese & American Engineers, page 10",
"text": "In the late eighties and early nineties several new types of movable spans were advocated , including the pull-back draw, the jackknife span, the bob-tail swing, the horizontal-folding draw, the shearpole draw, the gyratory lift, the transbordeur, the double-cantilever swing, several types of bascule, and the vertical lift.",
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"Moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around."
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"A large traffic roundabout with non-standard lane markings or priorities, or with buildings on the central island."
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